The 2018 Cross-Straits Summer Camp for Kid Choirs opened in Pingtan on August 27. Students from cross-straits primary schools visited Liushui Central Primary School to exchange experience, attend interesting courses and enjoy the scenic beauty of Pingtan Island.
Over 20 teachers and students from the Faculty of Archaeology of Xiamen University took the initiative to settle in the International Austronesian Archaeological Research Base, part of the Keqiutou Archaeological Park on September 26 in Pingtan.
A team of archaeologists were conducting a field survey on a newly-found historical site on the morning of July 30 on Pingtan International Tourism Island.Cultural relics dating back to 7000 to 10,000 years ago may be excavated on the site.
The International Research Center for Austronesian Archaeology was launched last November in Pingtan. It managed to attract focus from reporters worldwide. And now, the Keqiutou Park for reproducing the life of Austronesian is to be engineered. More, another park, an undersea museum for exhibiting antiques under the Haitan Straits will be built as well.
Pingtan Archaeology Training Base of Xiamen University had been established successfully in the International Austronesian Archaeological Study Base, Shangpan Village.